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Curry County OKs $60,569 for short-term safety work at US 70 and County Road 4 after plant raises concerns
Summary
After a presentation from Southwest Cheese about frequent near-misses and a morning collision, the Curry County Commission approved a $60,569.22 county-funded concrete turn-radius project and related improvements while the New Mexico DOT works on a pledged northbound acceleration lane.
The Curry County Commission voted Tuesday to authorize immediate county-funded improvements to the intersection of U.S. 70 and County Road 4 after hearing from Southwest Cheese executives who described recurring collisions and near-misses at the crossing.
Shane Drake, senior director of site operations for Southwest Cheese, told the commission the plant—now one of the largest cheese and whey processing facilities in North America—relies on that intersection for hundreds of daily truck movements and…
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